Connector for structural members
OwnerThomas Philip Murphyinventor
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Abstract
A device for laterally interconnecting structural members such as beams and columns. The device comprises a plate with a face and a circumscribing edge, at least one slot extending inwardly from the edge and at least one stud extending outwardly from the face of the plate means. Two such plates, one inverted, fixed to a pair of structural members, are interconnected by passing them contiguously and in parallel to have the stud of one plate enter the slot of the other plate. Preferably there are two parallel slots and two studs in the plate means, the closed ends of the slots and the studs forming a rectangle. In an I-column the upper portion of the flange may be used as one plate and below the upper portion of the column the plate may take the form of a bracket.
Claims15
A device for use in interconnecting two structural members, comprising plate means having a planar face and a circumferential edge, at least two parallel slots in the plate means extending from the edge of the plate means, and at least two studs projecting outwardly from the face of the plate means, the studs being arranged to be engagable in the slots of an inverted device of like construction.
A device for interconnecting two structural members comprising:
- plate means fixed vertically on one of the members, the plate means having a circumferential edge and a planar face, at least two parallel first slots extending upwardly from the edge of the plate means and at least two first studs projecting outwardly from the face of the plate means;
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- means on the other member for interengaging with said plate means, said interengaging means having a vertical planar face, at least two parallel second slots extending downwardly from a free upper edge of the interengaging means, and at least two second studs projecting outwardly from the face of the interengaging means, the first two studs being engageable in the second two slots and the second two studs being engagable in the first two slots on moving said one member vertically downward with respect to the other member.
In a beam interconnectable with another structural member to form a structural unit:
- a pair of plates each having a planar face and a circumscribing edge, at least two parallel slots in each plate extending inwardly from the edge thereof and at least two studs in each plate projecting outwardly from the face thereof;
- one of said plates being fixed vertically to one end of the beam with the slots therein opening upwardly and the other of said plates being inverted and fixed vertically to said other structural member with the slots therein opening downwardly;
- the two plates being interconnectable contiguously and in parallel one with the other on moving said beam downwardly whereby the studs of each plate enter the slots of the other plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.